Ruin: alternatives and connections

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

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To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a credito…

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of Build

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Joined; associated; coupled.

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That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, t…

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Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

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The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

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The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a buildin…

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A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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To tread under foot; to trample.

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Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

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To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

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The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or ac…

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Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages…

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Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.

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A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.

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To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

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To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

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To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Jet, the mineral.

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To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.

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To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

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Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages…

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A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

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The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the w…

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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

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To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

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See 2d & 3d Wreak.

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The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

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The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the w…

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The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

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The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

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One who, or that which, ruins.

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One who, or that which, ruins.

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of Ruin

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of Ruin

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Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.

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Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.

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A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Same as Deflour.

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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

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The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

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A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

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The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

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of Ruin

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To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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